Senior Advocate Withdraws From Representing Jimo Ibrahim Over Offensive Petition Against Three Appeal Court Justices!

Alex Izinyon, a senior advocate of Nigeria, has withdrawn as the lawyer representing controversial billionaire businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim in the on-going case involving the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in the upcoming poll in Ondo, the trent reports.

The lawyer who represents Biyi Poroye, the self-professed Ondo State chairman of the  Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction of PDP withdrew from the tension-soaked case at Appeal Court on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.

The SAN in a letter addressed to Ibrahim, said he was not aware of the offensive petition written against the three Appeal Court justices who had been assigned to hear the case and that he could no longer continue to represent Poroye and Ibrahim in the matter.

On Tuesday, Justice Jummai Sankey-led panel disqualified itself from further presiding over the cases after the justices were blackmailed by the controversial businessman Jimo Ibrahim and Ali Modu Sheriff in an offensive petition against the Hon. Justice Sankey and then returned the case files back to the president of the Court of Appeal.

Specifically, Justice Sankey was branded as “poor” on the basis of her health challenges and as such, in the view of petitioner, she was also corrupt. See the withdrawal letter below; 

Source; The Trent